Its that time of year for the Annual Ollie OD Frank swarmathon competition

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Re: Its that time of year for the Annual Ollie OD Frank swarmathon competition

Originally Posted by btmurph

What if it's done by percentage of success? How many traps does Ollie put out again?

You have to understand that Ollie is not a normal person. He's obsessive/compulsive when it comes to anything that's free. His utter cheapness is his strenght. He once surrounded my SF apiary with what must of been 20 to 30 traps.

Re: Its that time of year for the Annual Ollie OD Frank swarmathon competition

Originally Posted by Charlie B

You have to understand that Ollie is not a normal person. He's obsessive/compulsive when it comes to anything that's free. His utter cheapness is his strenght. He once surrounded my SF apiary with what must of been 20 to 30 traps.I would bet he puts out at least 100 traps every spring.

You have to understand that Charlie is delusional. His crazy delusions are his strength. I have been placing one swarm trap one mile from his house for years before he even started keeping bees, just to try and catch a swarm in the middle of the big city. I put out less than 50 traps a year. I have caught about 15 this year down from 50 years past. But the season is far from over.

Re: Its that time of year for the Annual Ollie OD Frank swarmathon competition

Charlie, you and odfrank, pick at each other like identical twins with different mothers.

I have only caugt 8 this year, only two in swarm boxes. I have about 20 out this year. Of the 20 I would hope to catch maybe 6 to 8. We haven't had very much swarming so far. Been cool and rainy, bees have not built up enough. I look for June to be better this year.

Re: Its that time of year for the Annual Ollie OD Frank swarmathon competition

The bait swarms I've caught so far, (only 5) are good large swarms though rather than those tiny virgin queen swarms caught this time last year. I'm using all 10 frame deeps for swarms traps this year because Uncle Ollie said that's what to use.

Re: Its that time of year for the Annual Ollie OD Frank swarmathon competition

I feel sorry for Ollie. He finally spends a little money and makes some decent looking bait boxes with his cute little wheel openings and now he's only caught a third of what he did last year. Go back to using those green WWI ammo crates Ollie!

Re: Its that time of year for the Annual Ollie OD Frank swarmathon competition

I am up to 4, no traps were placed anywhere, Had to place trap out for 2, removed one from chimney, and had a swarm today, in a tree beside my house, I was walking back from checking the bees, and heard them, looked up and low and behold, grabbed ladder,hand saw, and within about 1/2 hour, had about 5 lb. or more bees in a deep, bees wall to wall. No this was not one of my hives, but has joined the yard now, as long as they stay and enjoy the summer.